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October 19, 2020
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Pull down menu 's in Organizer 2021 do not work in my Elements package

  • October 19, 2020
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The pull down menu's in the Organizer 2021 do not work.  I bought the upgrade online from Adobe and downloaded the Elements package. When I click on a pulldown selection in Organizer, the list does not appear and the bottom line of the box around the pulldown item disappears.  The pulldowns in the Editor works fine, problem only seems to be in Organizer.   Updating from Elements 2018

 

 

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Participating Frequently
December 30, 2023

It doesn't work in 2023 and 2024 version as well.

Adobe has not yet fixed this bug, like hundreds of others. They release new versions that are no different from the previous ones except in number and still contain the same bugs. They don't care about their users.

Participant
October 3, 2022

Change the Windows taskbar setting not to hide. Affects Adobe Elements Organizer menu! Should not of course. Take action Adobe!!!!

Participant
March 24, 2022

This error is an egregious one on Abobe's part. Who in the world would think that you have to get out of FULL SCREEN in order for these pull down menus to work? I bought Adobe Photoshop Elements package 2022 to replace my Elements 15 of several years ago. I just spent three hours of my precious time trying to find the answer as to why these dropdowns ONLY IN ORGANIZER do not work. Adobe so-called engineers need to be kicked in the a** for this. Stupidity!

Participant
May 25, 2022

I absolutely agree, my only solution is to just reduce from full sreen very slightly by pulling from one corner,

all works fine after that, this works with Windows 10 or 11.

Participant
August 22, 2022

Is there no sign that Adobe are going to get this right??  

Participant
October 28, 2021

why is this still an issue even on organizer 2022.

seems like 2020 is the only recent version that works fullscreen with out messing with any of this stuff.

 

having to turn off the task bar auto hide and use the program in windowed mode is not an optimal solution. untill this issue is fixed i am not even considering purchasing the newer versions. not like they have really added many new features to the organizer anyway

Glenn 8675309
Legend
January 3, 2021

I looked into this (that means I did a bucnh of google searches)-- a simliar issue arose abotu 3 years ago.   The "corection" involves the system font cache.   

The cause has been attributed, in the past, to some oddball fonts- workarounds inclded deleted those fonts. 

Ways to Clear Font Cache on Windows (wondershare.com)   This is just one way- DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, and pelase don't blame me for anything the goes wrong. 

In a discussion about CS6 (from last year) a couple of people deleted a bunch of fonts, til lthe number of installed fonts was below 1000- and that fixed it for them .

In another discussion- which referenced the same issue (from 2011) is was attributed to screen resolution being set to high (I'm not even sure if that is possible now).....

Glenn 8675309
Legend
January 3, 2021

This is from Windows 10---- the safest, and easiest thing to check.

Participant
January 3, 2021

Thanks for your help, but I have now got a solution....

Turning the auto-hide task bar does actually work once I realised that the Organiser window should not be 'maximised'.

 

MichelBParis
Legend
January 1, 2021

@peterw15119044 

 

I have the same issue.

Maybe, but most of the time, volunteers in this user to user forum discover that it's not the same issue at all.

Menus work find in the editor but not in Organizer. Turning auto-hisde taskbar off does not solve the issue. Has anyone actually soved this major issue when the auto-hide taskbar 'solution' doesn't work.

More details would help understand the issue, particularly a screenshot. Don't answer or post attachments by mail, use the 'insert image' icon (11th from left) to embed your screenshot directly into the text of your answer in the forum.

Please confirm you are also on PSE2021 and the resolution of your display in pixels.

Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 22, 2020

@hughrg if you are using Windows, I suspect that you have your desktop set to auto-hide the taskbar.  If you change that setting, the Organizer menus should work normally.

 

Participant
January 1, 2021

I have the same issue. Menus work find in the editor but not in Organizer. Turning auto-hisde taskbar off does not solve the issue. Has anyone actually soved this major issue when the auto-hide taskbar 'solution' doesn't work.

Thanks

Participant
December 22, 2020

I have the same problem. Organizer is useless to me.

 

This community help appliication is so slow. Keep gettting duplicate letters. It can't keep up with even sloow typiing. Adobe should be able tto do better  than this with the cost of their software...

Participant
December 22, 2020

I tried the links posted, but they didn't work. I selected photoshop elemennts from the first dropdown li and it took me to  Lightroom problems. Adobe is certainly haviing some problems heree...

John T Smith
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2020

This is a public forum with "some" Adobe staff participation, use the links below to make a report or request
-for Video & Audio & Animator programs https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/
-https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Participant
December 22, 2020

I have the  same problem. Your answer makes no sense to me. It doesn't address the pull down menu issue.

 

organizer is essentially useless too me...